A common-law trust



Feb. 3, 1931. E. 0.. sg-IEPARb 1,791,005

" QONTAINER SUPPORTING AND TILTING STAND Filed Oct. 10. 1928 52222; ire 00211 Patented Feb. 3, 1931 UNITED STATES nimnnsr n. SHEPARD, or DALLAS CENTER 1!. m. SILKEBAKEN, AND CARRIE o.

, IOWA, ASSIGNOR 'ro EARNEST n. SHEPARD,

SILKEBAKEN, TRUSTEES 0F UNIVERSAL UTILITY COMPANY, OF CENTER, IOWA, A COMMON LAW TRUST CONTAINER sUrroRrINe AND TILTING srAnn Application filed October 10, 1928. 'Serial No. 311,658.

I .Theprincip'al object of this. inventionis to provide a stand for supporting and hold ing a container such as a bottle or the like that permits and facilitates the tilting of the container for pouring liquid or granular ma terial therefrom. f r A further object of my invention isto provide a stand for supporting and tiltinga container such as a bottle that yieldinglyholds the-container in a normal uprightposition when the container is not being manuallymoved and held in a pouring position p A still further object of-this invention is to provide a container supporting and tilting stand that permits the easy and ready removal andreplacement of'the container in the same.

A still further object is to provide a con,- tainer supporting and tilting stand that will accommodate various sizes of con-tainers. 'Astill further object of my invention is to provide a container supporting and tilting stand that not only successfully holds the container when the same is in normal upright position, but prevents the container frombecoming accidentally detached when the same is tilted to an extreme angle.

A still further object is to provide a stand for holding and tilting a container-thatis economical in manufacture, durable in use,

and refined in appearance. These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art. V y 7 .7 My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects cone templated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth pointed out in my claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: v 1 v Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my complete invention showing the container in dotted lines and illustrating its location when it is in normal upright position.

Fig. 2 is a rear end view of the device for more fullyillustratingits construction and shows thesupporting legsextending downwardlyand outwardly to lend rigidity tothe same.

Fig. 3 is a side view of theinvention illustrating the position of'the container when the same is tilted for pouring out its contents.

- Fig. 41 is a view of the stand portion of my invention showing the way in which it may s}; stamped from a single sheet of metal or the Fig. 5is aview of" the container embrac ing and'tilting portion of the device before being bent into proper form and illustrates how it may be stamped from a single sheet of metal orlike. f i

Fig. 6 is a rear end view of a modified form of my invention in that the supporting legs are vertical and not downwardly and out wardly.

V The obtaining'of any part or all of the contents from a large container or bottle by manually lifting and tilting the same is very tiresome and difficult. Even with small containers it is almost impossible to pour out a certain amount of its contents with accuracy and precision; I have overcome these disadvantages as will be appreciated by those familiar with the art. I i

As before noted the supporting stand portionof my device is stamped from a sheet ofmetal, thereby providing two pairs of legs which I have-separately designated by the numerals 10, 11,12, and '13 respectively.

Each pair of these legs are integrally joined at their top .ends and extend downwardly and away from each other-inthe form of an inverted V. Integrally secured'at one end to the leg 10 and its other end integrally secured to the leg 11 is the brace member 14, while integrally secured at one end to the leg 12 and its other end integrally secured to the leg 13 is'a duplicate brace member 15.

Holding the two pairs of legs apart by having one end integrally formed on the leg 4 11 and its otherfend integrally formed on the leg 12 is the horizontal connecting brace member, 16. Having one end integrally formed on the connecting brace 16, at a point near its center and extending laterally therefrom is the cross brace member 17. Integrally formed on the free'end of the cross brace is the horizontal connecting brace member 18 which is an exact duplicate of the connecting brace member 16. After the blank as shown in Fig. 4 is properly bent so that the legs 10, 11, 12, and 13, will be in a proper upright position and the cross brace member 17 is bent to a horizontal position,' it will be found that theftwo ends of the.

connecting brace member 18 will be adjacent the two legs 10 and 13, respectively. and should be securely joined thereto by spot welding or the like. .a: a J

Secured by suitable means to the cross brace 17 and extending longitudinally'thereto is the leaf spring 19 as shown in the drawings. Stamped in the vertex of each-of the inverted Vs formed by the two pairs of legs are the holes 20.

The container embracing and tilting portion of the device is also stamped from one sheet of metal and comprises the base portion 21, which when properly bent'engages the bottom of the container parallel'with and adjacent the leaf spring 19, from which .location it extends up along the forward side of the container until it merges into the container retaining finger 22 designed to engage the upper portion of the container and prevent the same from becoming detached' from the device when the same is tilted to an extreme angle for pouring out the contents of the container; Integrally formed on the base member or portion 21 and extending in both directions therefrom are the two'container embracing arms 23 and 24 designed to be bent horizontally around the container.

lnt'egrallyformed on the free ends of the arms 23 and '24 and joining the same together as shown in the drawings are the two side engaging arms'25 and 26, respectively. The lower ends of these sideengaging-arms are bent around and under the container and secured by suitable means to the base portion 21, thereby providing a cradle for the container. of the side arms 25 and 26 are the two horizontal embracing arms 27 and 28 respectively designed to be bent around the container and then outwardly away from the container near their ends. I integrally formed on and joining each pair of these horizontal arms at their free ends are the two handle mem-' bers 29 and 30 respectively The length of these horizontal arms should be such that the two 1*. andle members 29 and 30 will be a short distance apart.

Secured by suitable means to the side arms ,2; 25 and 26 are the two rivets 31' and 321e- Integrally formed on each which may be reasonably included within the holes 20 thereby supporting the container supporting and tilting portion on the stand portion and allowing the same to be rotated relative to the stand portion. Secured to the horizontal embracing arms 28 are the two stop members 33 and 34 designed to engage the twolegs 11 and 12 respectively when the container supporting and tilting portion is moved to an upright vertical position thereby limiting the movement of the same to one direction. Their function is to prevent the container supporting and tilting portion to be moved past the verticalposi'tion' when returning it toa norma-lupright position after tilting the container. The position of the rivets3l-and 32 should be so placed on the side arms 25 and 26 that when the container is ina normal upright position the leaf spring 19 will engage the base portion 21, thereby yiel'dingly holding the container in a normal upright vertical position.

' lVhen it is desired to pour the contents or any part of it from the container, the handle members 29 and 30 are grasped by the operator and as the container is rotatably supported at points near its center of gravity it will beea'sily tilted. By the grasping of the two handle members a clamping action on the container will be realized due to the fact that the tendency will be to pull them together, thereby more firmly holding the container in the device: 'It will be found that the contents may bepoured with little exer tion and with precision.

To remove the container completely from the device it is merely necessary to-spread the embracing arms 27 and 28 apart so that the container may be lifted out of the device. As these embracing arms 27 and 28 are bent around the container they are easily bent to conform to containers of'more than one size.

In Figure 6 the construction shown is like the construction shown in the other figures, except that the legs extend in a vertical plane instead of downwardly andoutwardly. The arrangement shown in Fig. 6'is recommended when it isfdesired to conserve onspace for the devicek, 1 i

In all; of the drawings'l haveused the numeral 35 to designate the container.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my improved con tainer supporting and tilting stand without departing from the real spirit andlpurpose of my'invention'and itismy intention to cover by my claim any modified forms of structure of use of-mechanical equivalents their scope.

I-cla im': r In 'a container supporting andftilting stand, a stand member, acontainersupporting and holding member rota-tablymounted on said stand member comprising, a cradle 1'30 portion designed to engage the bottom and forward side of the container to be held, arms extending from the forward portion of said cradle portion to the rear and at each side of the container to be held, and a handle member secured to each of said arms; said arms terminating a slight distance apart in orderthat when said handle members are manually gripped to tilt said container said arms will be tightened around said container for rigidly holding said container in said cradle portion.

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